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Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on climate science, energy, sea level rise. Read More

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The Views of Weathercasters Are Rapidly Evolving
2017, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society — Findings from the most recent surveys of TV weathercasters – which are methodologically superior to prior surveys in a number of important ways – suggest that weathercasters' views of climate change may be rapidly evolving.

Defining ecological drought for the 21st century
June 26, 2017, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society — Droughts of the 21st century are characterized by hotter temperatures, longer duration and greater spatial extent, and are increasingly exacerbated by human demands for water.

TV Weathercasters as Local Climate Educators
August 2016, Oxford — Global climate change is influencing the weather in every region of the United States, often in harmful ways. Yet, like people in many countries, most Americans view climate change as a threat that is distant in space.

National Survey of Broadcast Meteorologists
March 2016 — The aim of this survey is to explore weathercasters’ views about climate change, and to better understand their interests and activities in reporting on the local impacts of climate change.

Pennsylvania and the Surging Sea
July 2016 — In records running back to 1900, Philadelphia has never seen waterfront flooding that reaches 4 feet above the local high tide line.

National Survey of Broadcast Meteorologists
March 2016 — The aim of this survey is to explore weathercasters’ views about climate change, and to better understand their interests and activities in reporting on the local impacts of climate change.

Louisiana and the Surging Sea
August 2015 — Low-end sea level projections lead to a greater than even chance of record-breaking floods exceeding 6 feet above the high tide line by 2040 at Grand Isle, Louisiana, on the sinking Mississippi Delta.

Mississippi and the Surging Sea
August 2015 — Low-range sea level projections lead to an even chance of floods exceeding 6 feet above the high tide line by mid-century, at sites across Mississippi’s coastline, exposing nearly $1.5 billion in today’s property.

Alabama and the Surging Sea
August 2015 — Low-range sea level projections lead to an even chance of floods exceeding 6 feet above the high tide line by mid-century at sites across Alabama’s coastline, exposing more than $8 billion in today’s property.

National Survey of Broadcast Meteorologists
April 2015 — The aim of this survey is to explore weathercasters’ views about climate change, and to better understand their interests and activities in reporting on the local impacts of climate change.

Virginia and the Surging Sea
September 2014 — Floods exceeding today’s historic records are likely to take place within the next 20 to 30 years at sites across Virginia under mid-range sea level rise projections.

Maryland and the Surging Sea
September 2014 — An intermediate high sea level rise scenario leads to better than even chances of record-breaking coastal floods within the next 60 years in the Baltimore and Annapolis areas, and as soon as 20 years in other parts of the state.

Washington D.C. and the Surging Sea
September 2014 — Washington, D.C. is likely to see record flooding by 2040 under a mid-range sea level rise scenario. A low-range scenario leads to a better-than-even chance by 2030 of flooding more than 6 feet above the local high tide line – a level topped just once in the last 70 years.

Delaware and the Surging Sea
September 2014 — Under a low-range sea level rise scenario, Delaware is likely to see record-breaking coastal floods within the next 20 years, and near certain to see floods more than 5 feet above the high tide line by 2100.

South Carolina and the Surging Sea
July 21, 2014 — Floods exceeding today’s historic records are likely to take place within the next 20-30 years in the Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach areas, about 3.5 feet above the local high tide line, under mid-range sea level rise projections.

North Carolina and the Surging Sea
July 15, 2014 — Sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the scientific community is confident that global warming is the most important cause.

New England and the Surging Sea
April 2014 — Sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the scientific community is confident that global warming is the most important cause.

Florida and the Surging Sea
April 2014 — Sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the scientific community is confident that global warming is the most important cause.

New York and the Surging Sea
April 2014 — Sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the scientific community is confident that global warming is the most important cause.

New Jersey and the Surging Sea
April 2014 — Sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the scientific community is confident that global warming is the most important cause.

A Roadmap to Climate-Friendly Cars
2013 — An electric car is only as good for the climate as the electricity used to power it. And in states that rely heavily on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas for their electricity there are many conventional and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Natural Gas and Climate Change
May 2013 — Knowing how much methane is leaking from the natural gas system is essential to determining the potential climate benefits of natural gas use.

Can U.S. Carbon Emissions Keep Falling
October 2012 — A Climate Central analysis of the American energy economy shows that the nearly 9 percent reduction in annual carbon emissions in the U.S. since 2005 is unlikely to continue in the years ahead without major departures from the ways energy is currently produced and used.

Surging Seas
March 14, 2012 — Global warming has raised sea level about eight inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Scientists expect 20 to 80 more inches this century, a lot depending upon how much more heat-trapping pollution humanity puts into the sky.

Surging Seas Factsheets
March 14, 2012 — Simple, quotable information on odds of extreme floods with and without global warming; historic and projected sea level rise; population, homes and land at risk; and towns, cities and counties facing the largest threats; plus research notes and reusable graphics.

National Survey of TV Meteorologists About Climate Change Education
June 2011 — Among the most trusted and familiar sources of informal science education for most Americans, weathercasters are optimally positioned to help enhance public understanding of climate change, including how it is influencing local and regional weather patterns across the United States.